Curtain-fixture.



No. 664,618. Patented nec. 25, moo.

J. BERNIER.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

(Application led July 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES JOHN B. BERNIER, 0E sP' CURTAIN- ENoER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forui'lg part of Letters Patent No'. 664,618, datedDecember 25; iQO;

Application tiled July 3, 1900.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN B. BERNIER, a citizen otl the United States, anda resident of Spencer, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Curtain-Fixture, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The 'purpose of the invention is to provide a fixture adapted forhanging shades and lace curtains, together or separately, and to soconstruct the device that it may be expeditiously,conveniently, anddetachably secured to the upper member of a window-frame of anytransverse dimensions without using screws, nails, or fastening devicesof like kind 0r which would tend to lacerate a surface.

The inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters ot' referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved curtain-fixture applied tothe upper member of a window-frame; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionthrough the greater portion of the body of the xture and through thelocking devices therefor, the member of the windowframe to which thelixture is applied being in transverse section. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofa bracket for the shade-roller Aand a sec'- t-ional view through thesleeve employed for holding the shade 4 roller in place in the bracket,and Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken through the lower portion ofone of the fixtures.

The body A of the improved fixture is in the form of a bar of suitabledimensions, and this bar is adapted to have bearing against the frontface of the upper member B of a window-frame near one end of the member.A jaw 10 is secured to or is made integral with the upper rear portionof the body-bar A, and this jaw is adapted to engage with the uppersurface of the member B of the windowframe, as shown in Fig. 2, and thesaid jaw is usually provided with spurs 11, which enter the member B ofthe frame, as is also shown in Fig. 2. A thread 12 is formed eX- SerialNo. 22i430. (No model.)

A, and a lower jaw 13 is mounted to slide loosely on this threadedportion 12 of said body-bar, and the upper face of the movable jaw 13 isprovided with spurs 14 or similar projections adapted to enter thebottom portion of the member B of the window-frame, with which portionof said member the upper face of the slidingjaw 13 is adapted to engage.The jaw 13 is adjusted through the medium of anut 15, which has bearingaga-inst the bottom portion of the sliding jaw, as is also shown in Fig.2,and this nut is usually provided With a series of horizontal apertures16 near its bottom, adapted to receive a nail, an aw l, or similardevice to facilitate turning said nut. A strap 17 or a socket is formedupon the front face of the body-bar A near its upper end, which socketreceives the vertical member of an angular shank 18, forming a portionof a hook-like hanger 19, adapted as a support for one end of a curtainpole `or rod. This hanger 19 when not required may be readilydisconnected from the body of the Xture.

At a point between the ends. of "the bodybar A a transverse preferablydovetail groove 20 is made in the back of the bar, as shown iu Fig. 2.This groove receives the outer end of a horizontal shank 22, at theinner end of which a liange 23 is formed, extending forward fromV theshank and at right angles thereto. given the same cross-sectional shapeas that of the dovetail groove 20, and the shank is held in positionrelative to the bodybar A by a screw 21a, passed through the bod y-barand through that portion of the shank which enters the bar. The liange23 of the shank 22 constitutes a hanger for one end of a curtainrollerand is therefore provided with a vertical slot 24E in its upper edge,into which the trunnion of the shade-roller is entered. It will beunderstood that two tixtures of the saine construction are used togetherand that the flange 23 of the opposing shank is like- Wise provided witha slot; but the slots in the two supporting-anges 23 are so made that atrunnion of a shade-roller will turn freely in one supporting-flange,but will be held from turning in the other supporting teriorly of thebottom portion of the body-bai" The outer end of the shank 22 is IOO Ythe flanges 23. The sleeves may be readily removed from the shade-rollerwhen it is taken down: v A y u l 1 From the foregoing description it isevident that the improved curtain-iizzture is very sijl'nple and durableand canbe economically manufactured. It can be adjusted to a inember ofa window-frame of any Width, and the said fixtures also serve toaccommodate a "cui"- tain-pole as well as' ashade-lroller, either ofwhich or both of which may be used.

The shank 22may` be rendered-adj us'tabie by producing therein a seriesof apertures,

Athrough any one of which a screw 215' may Having thus described myinvention, claim as uew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 2.Mountain-fixtures, a body-bar provided with iel jaw, Second jaw mountedto slide on the lpodI Ato and from the fixed jaw,- the lower end of thebody-bar being threaded, a nut on the threaded portion of the bodybar,adapted to lock and yto adjust the inevnble a shade-folie? p'porjt orhanger 17emoybiy connected with the uqLy-bar, the said hanger orsupprtvhaving flange en yits meer .jf-ace'. and asleep@ adapted to item overthe flange and likewise across the slot 'in th'ha'bfer Which receivesthe tru'uion of a 'shade-redder, as set forth. V Y

In testimony 'ivh'eeof I hafve vsiigle'l my name to this 'spcilicmion'rn the presence of tivo 'subscribing Witnesses. y' n .roti-N B.BERNIER. Witnesses;

J'N L'I'L W. CItls.

